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Health and Medicine, Science and Technology
Do environmental toxins contribute to the onset of Parkinson’s Disease?
Professor Lezanne Ooi awarded close to $400k for new study to understand links between environmental toxins and debilitating disease
Science and Technology
Research team awarded $500K to bring groundbreaking cancer device to life
Collaboration between UOW, FivepHusion aims to improve treatment, outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer
UOW expert commentary (10 March)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
Health and Medicine
Better screening needed for social isolation, loneliness in people living with chronic disease
New research from UOW explores the impact of ‘modern-day health crisis’ on heart failure patients
Community, Research
The growing scourge of food insecurity as families grapple with cost-of-living crisis
New research from a comprehensive household survey reveals lack of access to healthy food options, demand for more locally grown food
Nangs are popular with young people
But are they aware of the serious harms of nitrous oxide?